Tunnel vote? Opposition group says it has the signatures

A group seeking to place a referendum on the tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct before Seattle voters say they’ll turn more than 27,000 signatures into the City Clerk on Tuesday.

Protect Seattle Now needs the signatures of about 16,000 registered voters to secure a place on the August ballot. The referendum would be on three contracts between the state and and the City Council that allowed tunnel design work to move forward. Mayor Mike McGinn vetoed those deals, but the City Council overrode his rejection. Read seatttlepi.com for more of this story.